'He changed everything' - What Manchester United players can expect from Erik ten Hag in training return

Manchester United’s players will be dealing with a perfectionist in every sense of the word as they meet Erik ten Hag for the first time this week.

A number of United’s senior squad will be making their return to training this week as the club begins its pre-season preparations. 15 players, including the likes of David de Gea, Luke Shaw, Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford are expected to report back to Carrington on Monday morning.

There, they will train for the first time under their new manager, with Ten Hag beginning his tenure in earnest. It will be an opportunity for some of United’s players to catch the eye of the Dutchman early, and put what was a disastrous season behind them.

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While it’s the first training session of the summer, it will be anything but easy for United’s players. Ten Hag is not one to do things by half, as made evident from his time at his previous clubs.

One of his former players, Sjoerd Overgoor, filled Sky Sports in on what life was like playing under Ten Hag at Dutch club Go Ahead Eagles – the 52-year-old’s first job as a manager. It sounds like United’s players won’t be taking it easy in their first week back.

"We did a lot of ball work, but a few times in the afternoon we would have to run in the woods in groups,” Overgoor said earlier this year. “He would say that we had to run a certain distance in two minutes. We wanted to prove ourselves to him so our group did it in one minute and 50 seconds.

"He said, 'No. If I tell you to run for two minutes I don't want you to take two minutes and 10 seconds but I also don't want you to run for one minute and 50 seconds. Two minutes is two